**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**ChiefExecutive Officer Certification**

 

I, Peter H.Jackson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Intraware, Inc.,certify that:

 

(1)  Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Intraware, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrantas of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

(4)  Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as is defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant andhave:

 

(i) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(ii) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(iii) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

(5)  Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on ourmost recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(i)  Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

(ii)  Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

Dated:    April 22, 2005

 
| /s/  PETER H. JACKSON                                                                            |   |
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| Peter H. Jackson                                                                                           |
| *Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and  President of  Intraware, Inc.  (Principal Executive Officer)* |

 

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